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Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 18, 2012, previously published on May 2012 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has launched the preliminary stage of its study into the use of mandatory arbitration clauses by issuing a Request for Information to the public asking for suggestions about how it should conduct the study.
| | California Supreme Court to Consider Whether State Law Prohibition on Collection of Personal Information Applies to Online Transactions
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 12, 2012, previously published on March 2012 The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether a state law barring merchants from collecting personal information from consumers in connection with credit card purchases applies to online retailers. The state high court granted the individual petitions of Ticketmaster LLC,...
| | CFPB Issues Proposed Rule Defining Larger Participants in Debt Collection, Credit Reporting Markets
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2012, previously published on March 2012 Complying with its mandate under the Dodd-Frank Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a proposed rule that defines "larger participants" in the debt collection and consumer reporting sectors that will be subject to the agency's...
| | CFPB and FTC to Coordinate on Oversight of Financial Products and Services
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 10, 2012, previously published on February 2012 Following the implementation of its Nonbank Supervision Program, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) entered into a memorandum of understanding Jan. 20, 2012, with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) clarifying the agencies' respective roles and responsibilities in protecting consumers...
| | Recent Lawsuits "Shine the Light" on California Consumer Protection Law
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 1, 2012, previously published on January 2012 Plaintiffs' lawyers recently have filed several putative class actions against some large companies, seeking millions of dollars in damages for violations of a little-known California consumer protection law. These suits have targeted companies including Microsoft, Conde Nast, and Time, Inc., among...
| | It Starts! CFPB Announces Implementation of its Nonbank Supervision Program
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 17, 2012, previously published on January 2012 Within hours of President Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the directors of the agency's banking and nonbanking supervisory divisions announced the activation of the nonbank supervision program. Although the CFPB...
| | California Amendment Mandates A.G. Notification for Major Data Breaches
Aurele A. Danoff, Ieuan Jolly, Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 26, 2011, previously published on December 2011 California has amended its security breach notification law to expand the notification requirements for security breaches relating to consumer personal information. The changes, which take effect January 1, 2012, require businesses that suffer a data breach affecting more than 500 California...
| | Forecasting the Path of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 22, 2011, previously published on December 2011 The recent defeat of the nomination of Richard Cordray, President Barack Obama's choice for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, may have lulled some into believing that, like an off-shore tropical storm, the agency poses no real threat. (Read our alert on the impact of the...
| | How Does the Senate Vote Affect the CFPB?
Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 13, 2011, previously published on December 9, 2011 As expected, the U.S. Senate voted down President Barack Obama's nomination of Richard Cordray as the director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) yesterday.
| | California Court Rules That Online Transactions Are Not Subject to State Law That Limits the Collection of Personal Information
Ieuan Jolly, Michael L. Mallow, Michael A. Thurman; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 22, 2011, previously published on September 2011 California Civil Code Section 1747.08 prohibits merchants from requesting and recording consumers' personal identification information (PII) in the course of completing credit card transactions. Earlier this year, California's Supreme Court held that zip codes are PII under Section 1747.08 and...
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